You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > K Listing > Billy Koch Statistics and History

Billy Koch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 14, 1974 in Rockville Centre, NY
Schools: Clemson University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1999
Final Game: August 26, 2004
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 24 TOR AL 0 5 .000 3.39 56 0 48 0 0 31 63.2 55 26 24 5 30 5 57 3 0 0 272 145 1.335 7.8 0.7 4.2 8.1 1.90 RoY-7
2000 25 TOR AL 9 3 .750 2.63 68 0 62 0 0 33 78.2 78 28 23 6 18 4 60 2 0 1 326 193 1.220 8.9 0.7 2.1 6.9 3.33
2001 26 TOR AL 2 5 .286 4.80 69 0 56 0 0 36 69.1 69 39 37 7 33 7 55 6 0 5 308 96 1.471 9.0 0.9 4.3 7.1 1.67
2002 27 OAK AL 11 4 .733 3.27 84 0 79 0 0 44 93.2 73 38 34 7 46 6 93 4 0 5 398 133 1.270 7.0 0.7 4.4 8.9 2.02 MVP-18
2003 28 CHW AL 5 5 .500 5.77 55 0 45 0 0 11 53.0 59 36 34 10 28 1 42 1 0 3 244 80 1.642 10.0 1.7 4.8 7.1 1.50
2004 29 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 4.41 47 0 35 0 0 8 49.0 45 25 24 6 36 4 50 2 0 5 229 100 1.653 8.3 1.1 6.6 9.2 1.39
2004 29 CHW AL 1 1 .500 5.40 24 0 19 0 0 8 23.1 24 15 14 3 16 4 25 2 0 4 114 88 1.714 9.3 1.2 6.2 9.6 1.56
2004 29 FLA NL 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25
6 Seasons 29 25 .537 3.89 379 0 325 0 0 163 407.1 379 192 176 41 191 27 357 18 0 19 1777 120 1.399 8.4 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.87
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .537 3.89 68 0 58 0 0 29 73 68 34 32 7 34 5 64 3 0 3 319 120 1.399 8.4 0.9 4.2 7.9 1.87
TOR (3 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.57 193 0 166 0 0 100 211.2 202 93 84 18 81 16 172 11 0 6 906 137 1.337 8.6 0.8 3.4 7.3 2.12
CHW (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 5.66 79 0 64 0 0 19 76.1 83 51 48 13 44 5 67 3 0 7 358 82 1.664 9.8 1.5 5.2 7.9 1.52
OAK (1 yr) 11 4 .733 3.27 84 0 79 0 0 44 93.2 73 38 34 7 46 6 93 4 0 5 398 133 1.270 7.0 0.7 4.4 8.9 2.02
FLA (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25
AL (6 yrs) 28 23 .549 3.91 356 0 309 0 0 163 381.2 358 182 166 38 171 27 332 18 0 18 1662 120 1.386 8.4 0.9 4.0 7.8 1.94
NL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.51 23 0 16 0 0 0 25.2 21 10 10 3 20 0 25 0 0 1 115 117 1.597 7.4 1.1 7.0 8.8 1.25

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 27 OAK AL ALDS L MIN 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 16 2.333 15.0 3.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1999 24 TOR AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-7
2000 25 TOR AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 26 TOR AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 27 OAK AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-18
2003 28 CHW AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 29 TOT MLB 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 29 FLA NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 41 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (3 yrs) 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 TOR AL 24 P 56 0 63.2 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.12 0.27 .947 1.70 0.47 RoY-7
2000 TOR AL 25 P 68 0 78.2 13 5 8 0 2 1.000 1.49 0.19 .954 1.62 0.46
2001 TOR AL 26 P 69 0 69.1 11 4 6 1 1 .909 1.30 0.14 .955 1.75 0.49
2002 OAK AL 27 P 84 0 93.2 26 14 12 0 2 1.000 2.50 0.31 .954 1.69 0.48 MVP-18
2003 CHW AL 28 P 55 0 53.0 9 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.16 .956 1.73 0.49
2004 TOT MLB 29 P 47 0 49.0 6 3 2 1 2 .833 0.92 0.11 .967 1.76 0.46
2004 CHW AL 29 P 24 0 23.1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.77 0.08 .967 1.66 0.45
2004 FLA NL 29 P 23 0 25.2 3 2 1 0 2 1.000 1.05 0.13 .967 1.86 0.47
6 Seasons P 379 0 407.1 80 35 43 2 7 .975 1.72 0.21 .954 1.70 0.48
6 Seasons TOT 379 0 407.1 80 35 43 2 7 .975 1.72 0.21 .929 1.70 0.48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2002-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2002-AL-18-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL--84--1st

Saves s c a p y
1999 AL--31--6th
2000 AL--33--7th
2001 AL--36--5th
2002 AL--44--2nd
Career--163--58th

Games Finished s c a p y
2000 AL--62--2nd
2001 AL--56--4th
2002 AL--79--1st
2003 AL--45--9th
Career--325--83rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1204), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Joe Borowski (947)
  2. Danys Baez (945)
  3. Bob James (942)
  4. Jerry Dipoto (940)
  5. T.J. Mathews (936)
  6. Mel Rojas (935)
  7. Eric Gagne (935)
  8. Joey McLaughlin (934)
  9. Bobby Thigpen (934)
  10. John Habyan (931)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jack Aker (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Robb Nen (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Robb Nen (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mark Wohlers (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mark Wohlers (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 23, 1996.

December 7, 2001: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Hinske and Justin Miller.

December 3, 2002: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with players to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later, Keith Foulke, Mark L. Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash. The Oakland Athletics sent Neal Cotts (December 16, 2002) and Daylon Holt (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

June 17, 2004: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Florida Marlins for Wilson Valdez and cash.

October 8, 2004: Released by the Florida Marlins.

January 10, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999Toronto Blue Jays$200,000
2000Toronto Blue Jays$333,333
2001Toronto Blue Jays$733,333
2002Oakland Athletics$2,433,333
2003Chicago White Sox$4,250,000
2004Chicago White Sox$6,375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,324,999
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Billy Koch    

Viewed 64,271 times through November 8, 2009.
Name and misspellings: billie Billy Koch

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.